Abbreviations are short forms of words or phrases. They are often used in chatting because they are easy to type and save time. In the past, it used to take a lot of time to type a message and send it to another person just because the process of shortening the words was not famous. Now abbreviations are used for texting or direct/instant messaging. But these days, chat abbreviations like LOL, BRB, IDK are being used mostly in social media. An emerging list of new-age abbreviations have begun to dominate the way social media users connect and communicate, and this list is only getting longer. People who are using the chat abbreviations do so as a tactic to increase their typing speed to chat and to save time. With the development of new and easy text communication modes like Whatsapp, Line, Viber and obviously Facebook have taught people to text in shorter ways than the past. Using abbreviations are not just trendy, using them is also fun.
Let’s take a look at the most commonly used abbreviations and let’s see how many of these are familiar to you.
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1 |
LOL |
Laugh Out Loud |
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2 |
OMG |
Oh My God |
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3 |
PPL |
People |
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4 |
TBH |
To Be Honest |
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5 |
THX |
Thanks |
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6 |
AMA |
Ask Me Anything |
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7 |
IMO |
In My Opinion |
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8 |
ICYMI |
In Case You Missed It |
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9 |
FYI |
For Your Information |
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10 |
GG |
Good Game |
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11 |
IKR |
I Know, Right? |
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12 |
HTH |
Happy To Help |
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13 |
FTW |
For The Win |
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14 |
HBD |
Happy Birthday |
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15 |
NM |
Not Much |
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16 |
OMW |
On My Way |
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17 |
LMS |
Like My Status |
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18 |
TTYL |
Talk To You Later |
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19 |
LMK |
Let Me Know |
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20 |
HMB |
Hit Me Back |
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21 |
TTYN |
Talk To You Never |
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22 |
^ ^ |
Read Line Above |
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23 |
AYT |
Are You There? |
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24 |
DIY |
Do It Yourself |
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25 |
WRU |
Where Are You? |
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26 |
BFF |
Best Friends Forever |
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27 |
ILY |
I Love You |
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28 |
IDK |
I Don’t Know |
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29 |
BTW |
By The Way |
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30 |
YW |
You’re Welcome |
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31 |
JK |
Just Kidding |
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32 |
BRB |
Be Right Back |
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33 |
ROFL |
Rolling On the Floor Laughing |
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34 |
YOLO |
You Only Live Once |
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35 |
IDC |
I Don’t Care |
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36 |
TGIF |
Thank God It’s Friday |
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37 |
IRL |
In Real Life |
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38 |
TYT |
Take Your Time |
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39 |
TMI |
Too Much Information |
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40 |
NVM |
Never Mind |
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41 |
DFTBA |
Don’t Forget To Be Awesome |
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42 |
GTG |
Got To Go |
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43 |
AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
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44 |
FTFY |
Fixed That For You |
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45 |
TTYS |
Talk To You Soon |
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46 |
?4U |
I have a question for you |
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47 |
ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
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48 |
B2W |
Back To Work |
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49 |
AFK |
Away From Keyboard |
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50 |
SYL |
See You Later |
